Sex abuse victims more likely to be unemployed, sick or disabled, study finds

Men who suffer sex abuse as a child are three times more likely to be unemployed in their later years because of sickness or disability, a study has revealed.

Sex abuse victims more likely to be unemployed, sick or disabled, study finds

Men who suffer sex abuse as a child are three times more likely to be unemployed in their later years because of sickness or disability, a study has revealed.

Research on a long-running survey of thousands of older people aged between 50 and 64 estimates that the impact of sexual attacks in their youth leaves men in households a third less well off.

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